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Don't understand the worry, our defence has been awful all season, injuries have played a large part but even our best defenders are prone to horrible blunders, Smithies has made so many worldies because he's a great keeper but also because we gift so many opportunities. We're conceding more per game than we did last season and only 6 sides have conceded more than us. Surely we can find someone to do a better job?

Good shout. I'm sure Holloway needs some support and Fleming most likely provided that at times. So I hope we get someone in fast. If Clint Hill can be that person and provide that support then great. If not, then lets welcome Francis back.

Don't understand the worry, our defence has been awful all season, injuries have played a large part but even our best defenders are prone to horrible blunders, Smithies has made so many worldies because he's a great keeper but also because we gift so many opportunities. We're conceding more per game than we did last season and only 6 sides have conceded more than us. Surely we can find someone to do a better job?

GF wouldn't be a good appointment in my opinion. I couldn't see him adapting to the flexible formations which Ollie seems to be putting in place, and which I think we need. He always seemed to play exactly the same formation if I remember rightly. That was OK back in the day but things work differently now.

Not being injured will help that. I don't think it's possible to judge what, if any affect Fleming has had on Robinson. That said, i think he's done an ok job, we are better at the back, although we've had to switch to a fairly defensive interpretation of the wingback system to achieve that. I don't think it's the end of the world to lose him but we will need a decent replacement.

Why don't we actually look at someone with decent coaching experience and some demonstrable success rather than another popular ex-player. Clint Hill might turn out to be an excellent coach but there is no evidence of that yet. He also is seemingly uninterested in getting involved in that side of the game, for us, on the terms offered.

He's done well, and it's a bit daft to not recognise that during a season in which we have had major injuries to Onuoha, Hall, Perch, Lynch and Furlong. The scratch defence with Robinson and Baptiste at its heart performed better than could have been expected. Fleming and Olly have also made the back 3/5 system work a lot better than Redknapp and Hoddle managed with Rio Ferdinand and various other internationals at their disposal.

Pulis knows what he is doing with his coaches - Fleming is being rewarded for a more than decent job.

He's done well, and it's a bit daft to not recognise that during a season in which we have had major injuries to Onuoha, Hall, Perch, Lynch and Furlong. The scratch defence with Robinson and Baptiste at its heart performed better than could have been expected. Fleming and Olly have also made the back 3/5 system work a lot better than Redknapp and Hoddle managed with Rio Ferdinand and various other internationals at their disposal.

Pulis knows what he is doing with his coaches - Fleming is being rewarded for a more than decent job.